Wall plate for cat6 cable passing through a wall

I got this:

ENERLITES 0.406" Diameter Hole Phone Cable Metal Wall Plate, Corrosion Resistant, Size 1-Gang 4.50" x 2.76", 7741, 430 Stainless Steel, UL Listed, Silver

It’s a wall plate with a center hole just large enough for my Ethernet cable (without an end) to fit through. They’re designed for old-school phone or coax wall ports, where the cable just sticks right out through the wall.

Mounted it on my outdoor outlet box with a a good outdoor-outlet-rated foam insulation piece behind it for waterproofing, then I used my crimper to added an end on the Ethernet cable I had sticking out the hole.

You still have to drill into the plate to install the camera mounting screws (and I recommend caulking it on for additional waterproofing) but all this has some big bonuses: very low chance of water ingress, you know a metal plate is strong enough to hold the camera, you’re not adding any new/additional holes in the side of your house, and the caulking is against the metal plate, again not harming your house.

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